ISLAMABAD, JULY15: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, Prof Ahsan Iqbal said that as China finalizes its roadmap for future, certainly Pakistan and China friendship will move forward, with greater integration of Pakistan and China in the world markets and the regional markets.
On what the world can learn from China’s development experience, the minister who is currently in Beijing for official visit of China told CGTN, “I think China’s experience of development gives us four very valuable lessons.
There are four prerequisites which any country needs to develop. One, peace. Second, political stability. Third, continuity of economic policies. And fourth, continuous commitment to reform.The minister said that China has shown all the four principles to practice, and that is the reason that China has developed so fast, adding, China has shown a great success story to the whole world by pulling out 800 million people out of poverty in shortest possible time.
Prof Ahsan Iqbal said that China has shared its development, has shared its experience of development with other countries through Belt and Road Initiative and Global Development Initiative. Pakistan and China enjoy a unique relationship.
Terming China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as a flagship project of friendship between two countries and Belt and Road Initiative, he said, I think as China finalizes its roadmap for future, certainly Pakistan and China friendship will also move forward, with greater integration of Pakistan and China in the world markets and the regional markets.”